#1Film, TV & Stage
Tim Vincent
born 1972Welsh radio and television presenter
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Famous people · Overton, Clwyd
From 1806 to 1972, Overton was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Tim Vincent, the Welsh radio and television presenter, with articles in 8 languages. R. K. Penson, the Welsh architect, comes second, with Frank Williams third. The list’s best known name, Tim Vincent, dates from 1972. The biggest group are writers and artists: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Tim Vincent
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Edward Welch
Youngest
1972
Tim Vincent
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Overton
By how many languages cover them, Tim Vincent comes first (8), then R. K. Penson (4) and Frank Williams (2).
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Through the years
When Overton’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 1 births.
Writing & ArtsFilm, TV & StageSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Overton is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Overton
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Wrexham leads the towns around it, with 215 names.
Wrexham · 6 miDanny Ward & 214 more
Rhosllannerchrugog · 6 miMark Lewis Jones & 18 more
Ruabon · 5 miWalter Clopton Wingfield & 16 moreKRAcrefair and Cefn-mawr · 6 miKen Roberts & 9 more
Ellesmere · 5 miEglantyne Jebbs & 6 moreCSMarchwiel · 4 miCecil Smith & 1 moreCSRhostyllen · 6 miCliff Sear & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Overton
Who is the most famous person from Overton?
Tim Vincent (Welsh radio and television presenter) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come R. K. Penson and Frank Williams.
How many famous people were born in Overton?
4 people born in Overton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Overton known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Overton?
Edward Welch, born in 1806. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.
Who counts as from Overton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Overton’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Tim Vincent: Dave Seow, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Ward: md.faisalzaman from Worcester, MA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lewis Jones: Actor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Clopton Wingfield: Unknown artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eglantyne Jebbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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